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WASAPI.DeviceSharedFormatGet method

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Remarks

 

Obtains the audio format for shared mode currently selected inside the Windows control panel for the given WASAPI device.

 

This method is only intended for usage with Windows Vista and later versions.

For further details about the use of WASAPI see the WASAPI object and the How to manage audio flow through WASAPI tutorial.

 

 

Syntax

 

[Visual Basic]

control.WASAPI.DeviceSharedFormatGet (

nDeviceIndex as Integer,

nDeviceType as enumWasapiDeviceTypes,

nFrequency as Long,

nChannels as Integer

) as enumErrorCodes


 

[C++]

short control.WASAPI.DeviceSharedFormatGet (

short nDeviceIndex,

short nDeviceType,

long *nFrequency,

short *nChannels

);


 

Parameter

Description

 

 

nDeviceIndex

Number representing the zero-based index of the WASAPI device of interest. The total number of available WASAPI devices can be obtained using the WASAPI.DeviceGetCount method.

nDeviceType

The type of device.

Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic Value

Value

Meaning

WASAPI_DEVICE_TYPE_RENDER

0

Audio rendering device.

WASAPI_DEVICE_TYPE_CAPTURE

1

Audio capture device.

WASAPI_DEVICE_TYPE_LOOPBACK

2

Audio loopback device.

nFrequency

Reference that, on return from the method call, will contain the sample rate

nChannels

Reference that, on return from the method call, will contain the number of channels

 

 

 

Return value

 

Value

Meaning

 

 

Negative value

An error occurred, check the LastError property value in order to get the error code

enumErrorCodes.ERR_NOERROR (0)

The method call was successful